Nation: We Have Nothing to Repent

For a brief moment last week San Juan's international airport took on
the atmosphere of a revolutionary carnival, as some 5,000 Puerto Ricans
gathered to welcome an American Airlines jet. Young couples swayed to
the rhythm of revolutionary songs, vendors did a brisk business selling
tiny Puerto Rican flags, and young leftists passed out leaflets calling
for armed struggle.

When the plane touched down, bringing home four nationalist terrorists
newly released after more than two decades in U.S. prisons, the crowd
tore down protective...